M E M O R I A L   W E E K E N D   2009

 

 

 

 

 

BRISTOL  VETERANS  COUNCIL

ANNUAL  MEMORIAL  DAY  WEEKEND  EVENTS

 

FRIDAY,  MAY 22,  2009

  9:00 AM –      SFC Stube to address Chippens Hill Middle School at their annual Memorial Day weekend remembrance.
                          (See his biography at this website:     www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=126804 ).

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SATURDAY,  MAY 23,  2009

 11:00 AM –     Dedication of the aerators “on Memorial Boulevard Pond of Reflection and

                           Re-dedication of Hiker Monument and World War I Monument. 

 11:30 AM –     Community Covenant signing between US Army Reserve and the City of Bristol for its Community support of our Armed Forces.

 12:00 PM –     First Annual CSM Anthony Savino Memorial Scholarship presented.
                         (CMS Anthony Savino was in the first class to be inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame).

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SUNDAY,  MAY 24,  2009 

    8:00 AM –        Sunrise service at band shell on Memorial Boulevard –
                              Service performed by Reverend Andrew Cadieux of  St. Demitrios Greek Orthodox Church.

    8:30 AM – 1:00 PM      Military Exhibits open on Memorial Boulevard.
                                           Displays of vehicles and personnel from every branch of the United States Military.

    9:30 AM –        Helicopter arrives at Memorial Boulevard School.                         

  10:00 AM –        State Police dog training exhibit.
                              First dog training show from Conn. State Police  (5 Police Dogs in attendance).

    1:00 PM  –       Presentations at the Band Shell.

                        ·        Welcome from Mayor Ward.

                        ·        SFC  Greg Stube (Nationally recognized decorated war veteran).

                        ·        Greetings from legislators.

                        ·        Special Guest Major General Zukakus will present medal to WWII veteran, Reginald Doble.

                        ·        Guard from the Tomb of the Unknown will lay wreath.
                              Bristol is honored to have a soldier from the Tomb of the Unknown in Washington D.C. available for this event.

                        ·        MIA table ceremony.

   2:30 PM            Exhibits reopen.

   4:30 PM            Shutdown of exhibits - clean up.

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MONDAY,  MAY 25,  2009

    8:30 AM –        Military Units move to Race Street.

    9:00 AM           Bristol Memorial Day Parade starts at Race Street.

   10:00 AM           Gathering at Memorial Boulevard for laying of wreath, Soloist / Music, and reading of veterans names.

   11:00 PM           Units move to Forestville with Police escort.
                              SFC Stube brought to stage at Quinlan Park in Forestville.

  12:00 PM           Forestville Memorial Day Parade. 

 


MAY  2008    ---    MAY  2009

GEORGE AVERY

JAMES GRIMES

RICHARD GRADY SR.

VICTOR BECHARD

RICHARD F. RYAN

ROBERT L. SCHMELDER

ROBERT “BOB” MUSSHOEN

ANGELO C. TRILLO

PAUL J. CONNELLY

NICHOLAS VITA

JAMES PENDA

MAURICE DE FORGE

WILLIAM DRAPER

HERMAN ERLING

DAVID FILLMORE

CLARENCE HULTMAN

WALTER KINOSH

JOSEPH CORRIVEAU

CHARLES HADFIELD

RAYMOND PETERSON

ALFRED ST. JOHN

KENNETH BATTISTA

WILLIAM CJ TETRO

WALTER J. MURPHY

CLYDE GRIFFIN

ANTHONY DUSO

LOUIS MICHAUD

WALTER PERRY

PETER GAUGHAN

WILLIAM ROBERTS

DONALD LECLERC

MAURICE VOISINE

ROBERT BENZINGER

DONALD PHOENIX SR.

PAUL E. ROBERTS

IRVING H. NORTON

HARRY A. HEROLD JR.

HOWARD F. COLOCKE

RONALD M. LUZI

RAYMOND CYBULSKI

FRANK SMOLENSKI

PAUL L. JABS
LINSIE F. ESAU SR.

JEFFREY D. PELLETIER

MICHAEL J. DEPINTO

HENRY R. HARKEY

ALBERT TUCCI CANU

FERDINAND TEXEIRA SR.

BURTON J. NOLAN

PHILIP R. LEGERE

ALBERT J. MORDAS

SALVATORE J. CONTINI

NORMAN L. LEGER

FRED METAYER

JOSEPH WARKOSKI

MELVIN R. CHARPENTIER

JAMES B. ORR SR.

CLEMENT J. GAMACHE

STEPHEN FRANCIS NEW

RICHARD D. BASILE

JOSEPH S. PLEVA

GEORGE J. KALINOWSKI

ALLEN CONROD

GERMAIN LAMOTHE

PAUL R. BOUCHARD

HOWARD R. DEAR JR.

PETER J. CISTULLI

JOHN PRISLOE

THOMAS CARUCCI

ROSAIRE MICHAUD

ALBERT LAURENDEAU

JUDGE ROBERT R. MAYNARD

EDWIN L. WERNER

HAROLD E. HAL COOK JR.

BENOIR BOUCHER

CURTIS SHANK JR.

JOHN M. GIENTY

ROLAND G. POITRAS

MILES E. DUNNING

PHILIP A. GLYNN

JOHN BROSHKEVITCH

JOEL MICHAUD

JOSEPH EGIDI

VITO MURRONE



OREDOR MARTEL

HERBERT F. JOHNSON SR.

CHARLES MC CARTHY SR.

RICHARD RUSHLOW

GEORGE R. CHASE

JOHN GREISNER

 GEORGE HAMELIN

GEORGE E. FAWCETT

EDWARD GLANOVSKY

LOUIS POLZELLA

RONALD KAWIECKI

STANLEY OSTROWSKI

WALTER J. WASELESKI

LELAND LENNON

DAVID L. NORTON

ALEXANDER MANCINI

JOSEPH M. BOSSI

DONAT A, MERTIN

RICHARD PRATT

EMERY A, LEGERE

 GEORGE WATSON JR.

RALPH D. MICHELE

RAYMOND OLSON JR.

 GERALD SPIKE BEHRENDT

DONATO PALANCE

MICHAEL SHOPEY JR.

DAVID MC GIVNEY

J. HARWOOD STRETCH NORTON

MICHAEL CASSELLA

WILLIAM F. JOHNSON

 SCOTT GRANGER

JOHN H. JACOBS

DOUGLAS R. WOOLEY

WILLIAM A. FORREST

NICHOLAS MARINELLI

JON W. STRECKER

SETHIE J. NEWBURRY

VIRGIL CAPIRCHIO

LEWITT BUD DANIELS

 THOMAS PURCELL

FREDERICK ADAMS

 THOMAS HINCHLIFF

 NICHOLAS SENZER

 

 

 

OVER   THE   WEEKEND  ...  !

 
   
(L)  Wife of  SFC  Greg Stube
SFC  Greg Stube (Nationally recognized decorated war veteran)
Army 1st Sgt  Henry J. Raymond Jr. (Bristol)
Timothy Gamache (Bristol).
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH

 

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(L)  Army 1st SGT Henry J. Raymond Jr.
Louis Castonguay, Ronald Bourgoin, Robert Coffey, John Zaleski, Rene Soto.
All members of A.L. Honor Guard (Bristol).
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH

 

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(L)  Rene Soto, John Zaleski, Robert Coffey, Ronald Bourgoin, Louis Castonguay,
(Front)  Army 1st SGT Henry J.  Raymond Jr.
(Background) Soldiers from Boston MA, members 339 Firefighters (Army Engineering Co,)
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH


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Soldiers from Boston MA, members 339 Firefighters (Army Engineering Co,)
(Female in group)  Medic in that Company.
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH

 

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Group on the left members of 339 US Army Firefighters from Boston,
Center Honor Guard, L to R John Zaleski, 1st SGT Henry J Raymond Jr, Robert Coffey, Ronald Bourgoin, Louis Castonguay.
Group on Right is US Navy (Inshore Boat, Unit 22,) from New London, Ct, 1st person on the left is a Lt. he just came back from Kuwait .
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH

 

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CT  State Representative Frank N. Nicastro Sr.
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH 

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(L)  Bristol Mayor Arthur Ward, SFC  Greg Stube, Stan Piotroski, Mike Hackbarth,
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH

 

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(L)  Seated:  Bristol Mayor Arthur Ward,  BG Lesniak,  Ambassador to the Army Carl Venditto(Ct. Veterans Hall of Fame), 
Chief Warrant Officer of the Army CWO Thompson,  (L) Standing:  SFC  Greg Stube,  Patrick Nelligan.
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH


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Bristol Memorial Boulevard
Submitted by  NEAL SUPRANOVICH

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